"Fellow Daoist Yuan, isn't Tianwen Sect the top sect on the continent?" Li Shiming asked curiously when he heard Yuan Xi explaining the distribution of power on the Dongqi continent.
In his opinion, the Tianwen Sect was extremely powerful. Just look at the ancestor Luo Wei and the ancestor Han Xiao who was killed by him, who were confronting the Tianxing Trading Company and the six major sects in the Beishu Continent.
He originally thought that such a powerful Tianwen Sect must be the top sect in the Dongqi Continent, but he did not hear the name Tianwen Sect from Yuan Xi.
"Tianwen Sect is a second-tier sect. They lack great monks and cannot be compared with the four major sects!" Yuan Xi didn't know how Li Shiming knew about Tianwen Sect, but he still started to explain.
"Great monk?" Li Shiming heard a title whose meaning he did not understand.
"Great monk is a special title for ancestors in the late Nascent Soul stage. Great monks are the foundation of great sects!" Yuan Xi said with infinite yearning in his eyes.
Yuan Xiao woke up from his understanding of the formation, and his eyes were full of admiration when he looked at Li Shiming.
As a formation master, Li Shiming's casual guidance gave him a small breakthrough in his understanding of formations.
He was very sure that Li Shiming must be a master of formations to be able to guide him at will.
When leaving, Yuan Xi glanced at Li Shiming and found that Li Shiming had no intention of summoning the flying boat, so he took out a flying boat.
Li Shiming has his own ideas. His flying boat magic weapon is of the Northern Shu Continent style. He tries to expose the Northern Shu Continent style magic weapon as little as possible to avoid bringing trouble to himself.
Yuan Xi’s flying boat looks ordinary, but it is also a magic weapon.
The flying boat magic weapon was made of third-grade wooden material. Although Li Shiming was not very fond of the refining techniques, the speed was still acceptable.
Yuan Xi asked Li Shiming to sit in the cabin, but Li Shiming refused. This was not Li Shiming's flying boat, and sitting in the cabin would hinder his observation of the surroundings.
In the previous eleven months, Li Shiming had rarely encountered any big monsters. This was not to say that there were few big monsters in the ocean, but that Venerable Hui Jing was in charge of his long-distance flying boat.
Although Venerable Hui Jing's combat power is the weakest among the Nascent Soul ancestors, the Nascent Soul aura can still intimidate those third-grade monsters who want to approach.
Later, when Li Shiming acted alone, he used the 'Lotus Steps' to travel faster, and used a variety of means to conceal himself. Not to mention that it was difficult for a third-grade demon to find him, even if he was found, the demon's speed would not be enough to catch up with him.
Li Shiming and Yuan Xi and his son were on the same flying boat. Not long after, they encountered several attacks from a third-grade monster.
Li Shiming's response was very simple. He just sent out a bolt of lightning and killed the third-grade monster.
Yuan Xi brought the corpse of the third-rank great demon to the flying boat for decomposition. From his smile, one could tell that he was in a very good mood.
Of course, after getting the benefits, Yuan Xi tried his best to tell Li Shiming everything he knew.
Li Shiming didn't care about the corpses of these third-grade monsters. At his level, these resources were of no use to him.
Yuan Xiao had always wanted to ask Li Shiming about the formation, but he was intimidated by Li Shiming's aura and did not dare to ask.
Li Shiming did this on purpose. They were not very familiar with each other. If he didn't want to take the opportunity to understand the situation in the Dongqi Continent, why would he go with them?
Knowledge is priceless anywhere in the world of immortal cultivation. He had collected the knowledge of formations with great effort, so how could he possibly pass it on to others?
"Why are there so many third-grade monsters in this place?" After sailing for two days, Li Shiming found something wrong and asked Yuan Xi.
The density of the third-grade monsters encountered in the past two days exceeded normal. Third-grade monsters also have territories, but the third-grade monsters encountered on the way did not seem to have a sense of territory.
"A few hours ahead, you can see the beast-luring formation set up by the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. These third-grade monsters are attracted here. Most of them will become resources for the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, and a small number will pass through the gaps in the beast-luring formation!" Yuan Xi answered, pointing ahead.
Li Shiming took a deep breath. As a master of alchemy, he knew that demon pills could be used in alchemy.
For example, the demon pill of an early great demon can be used to refine the third-grade elixir taken by early golden elixir cultivators. Correspondingly, the demon pill of a middle to late great demon can be used to refine the third-grade elixir of a middle to late golden elixir cultivator.
Considering the vastness of the ocean, there are almost countless third-grade monsters in it.
By using the beast-luring formation to continuously hunt down third-grade monsters, how many monster cores can be obtained, and how many golden core monks can be cultivated.
No wonder Yuan Xi tried every means to travel with Li Shiming. If he had returned with Yuan Xiao, he would probably have been running for his life all the way.
"Since the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect has set up a large formation to lure beasts, and you are blocking the front to hunt the big monsters, don't they care?" Li Shiming asked.
"Except for monks like us who are in urgent need of resources, who would risk their lives to come to this sea area to hunt big monsters? The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect doesn't even think highly of the big monsters we hunt!" Yuan Xi thought of his previous teammates and couldn't help but sigh.
He looked at Li Shiming with gratitude. If it weren't for the rescue of this unknown powerful monk, he might have died, and even his son Yuan Xiao would have died.
How could it be possible that he could obtain so many corpses of great monsters when he returned? This time, after returning, his son could exchange them for some resources for his promotion to the Golden Elixir.
After several hours, Li Shiming saw the beast-luring formation. Under his 'Divine Vision', lines of spiritual power spread out on the sea, forming huge circular formation areas.
He saw with his own eyes a third-grade great demon approaching the central area of the beast-luring formation, and was easily killed by three Jindan monks and their three spirit pets.
This should be the disciple of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. Every Jindan cultivator has a spirit pet, which makes the combat power of each Jindan cultivator equivalent to that of two ordinary Jindan cultivators.
These three Jindan cultivators were all in the early Jindan stage, and the spirit beast they killed was also in the early great demon stage. Just look at how easy it was. The team before Yuan Xi could not compare at all.
When Yuan Xi's team was dealing with the early stage great demon spirit beast, not only did they have seven Jindan cultivators, they also needed the coordination of formations, and there was even a middle stage Jindan cultivator among them.
But even so, they were still very cautious when hunting the early stage spirit beasts of the great demon, and the fighting process was not easy.
This is the gap between independent cultivators and sect cultivators, and it is the same in any continent.
Joining a sect means better resources and techniques. The knowledge that a casual cultivator can access is very narrow and cannot be compared with that of a sect cultivator.
Yuan Xi controlled the flying boat magic weapon and passed through the circular range of the two beast-luring formations.
In the next few days, the number of third-grade monsters decreased sharply, and it was rare to see one every two or three days.
After the seventh day of sailing, no more third-grade monsters were encountered.
Li Shiming stood on the flying boat magic weapon. He could already feel the breath of the continent. The sea breeze not only had the smell of the ocean, but also the faint scent of plants and soil.
After more than eleven months of sailing, he was finally able to touch land, which made him eager to reach the Dongqi Continent.
"Let's say goodbye here?" Li Shiming said to Yuan Xi indifferently.
"Thank you for your help, fellow Taoist!" Yuan Xi bowed and saluted.
When he looked up again, Li Shiming in front of him had turned into a streak of light and flew away into the distance.
"I don't even know the name of this senior, so I wonder where he came from?" Yuan Xiao said with some disappointment as he looked in the direction where Li Shiming disappeared.
He was disappointed because he had lost the hope of seeking advice from Li Shiming, and until now he didn't know Li Shiming's name.
"Shut up!" Yuan Xi scolded.
He looked into the distance nervously, fearing that Li Shiming would return.
"Remember, we have never met him. He is not someone we can talk about!" he said in a deep voice.
"Yes, father!" Yuan Xiao nodded quickly when he saw his father was angry.
Li Shiming used the thunder escape technique from the 'Yuqing Thunder Code', which was a little slower than the divine foot technique, but was fast enough to match the full-strength sword escape of his clone Li Yuanba.
Along the way, he discovered quite a few cultivators, not just Jindan cultivators, but also many Foundation Establishment cultivators who were forming teams to hunt spirit beasts. The Foundation Establishment cultivators' target was naturally the second-grade spirit beasts.
In front of them, there is the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect's beast-luring formation that blocks most of the third-grade monsters. In addition, there is a long distance behind where there are teams of Jindan cultivators hunting down the third-grade monsters that pass through the beast-luring formation. Therefore, the foundation-building cultivators do not need to worry about the appearance of monsters in this sea area.
Of course, this sea area is not safe either. As long as there are monks, there is no safety.
However, no cultivator dared to intercept Li Shiming. His thunder-type late Jindan aura was enough to make any cultivator below the Yuanying stage unwilling to provoke him.
Li Shiming was thinking about his plan while flying. He needed to advance to the Nascent Soul stage first before he would consider sending his clone across the ocean to Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion.
He has five golden elixirs, because of which he needs more resources to advance to the Nascent Soul stage.
This requires him to do his old job and obtain a large amount of resources through alchemy, and at the same time find a way to use these resources to exchange for resources for advancement to the Nascent Soul stage.
The Dongqi Continent is much richer than the Beishu Continent. At least the resources required to advance to the Nascent Soul stage can be traded, and there will be auctions of these resources every few years.
Most of the resources in Li Shiming's hands are from the Northern Shu Continent. If he wants to exchange them for resources to advance to the Nascent Soul stage without revealing his identity, it would be better for him to use the resources earned in the Eastern Qi Continent to exchange them.
A day later he saw land, and the land covered with green vegetation felt very familiar to him.
He was not one of those old monsters who had lived for hundreds of years. After not seeing land or green vegetation for nearly a year, he still missed it very much.
As he accelerated, lightning flashed on his body, and soon he appeared on the shore.
He took a long breath of the fresh air with the fragrance of earth, then he found the direction and headed towards Wuqing Mountain.
Wuqing Mountain is a gathering place for independent cultivators. It is controlled by the Wu clan. The Wu clan has two Nascent Soul ancestors in charge, providing a safe residence for independent cultivators.
The reason he was attracted to Wuqing Mountain was that it was the largest trading place for resources of independent cultivators within a radius of 100,000 miles, and even fourth-grade resources were traded there.
A family of independent cultivators, but with two Nascent Soul ancestors in charge, this is almost comparable to a large sect in the Northern Shu Continent.
The most important thing is that the Wu family has an excellent reputation, at least that's what Yuan Xi said.
A day later, Li Shiming saw Wuqing Mountain.
Only when you see Wuqing Mountain with your own eyes can you understand how huge this mountain is.
This is definitely not a mountain in the ordinary sense. The ten thousand meter high mountain is covered by a huge mountain protection formation.
This mountain protection formation does not prevent cultivators from entering, but cultivators who come here for the first time must go to the bottom of the mountain to receive a token, and only with the token can they enter Wuqing Mountain.
Li Shiming landed next to a building at the foot of the mountain. The spiritual energy of the Dongqi Continent was already much richer than that of the Beishu Continent, and when he reached the vicinity of Wuqing Mountain, the spiritual energy increased several times.
He couldn't help but sigh at the cultivation environment of Dongqi Continent. The concentration of spiritual energy here was comparable to the spiritual energy environment in the major sects of Beishu Continent.
The spiritual energy in the mountain gate of Shushan Sect is the result of the gathering of spiritual energy from a large area near the mountain gate. It is also the result of successive Nascent Soul ancestors continuously transferring spiritual veins to the mountain gate, which has led to its current scale.
Wuqing Mountain does not have the heritage of a large sect with more than ten thousand years of history, so the reason why it has such rich spiritual energy can only be because the spiritual energy here is naturally rich.
Li Shiming stopped outside the building for a moment and then walked into the gate.
An old cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building was dozing off. He opened his eyes only after sensing Li Shiming's breath.
There haven't been any activities in Wuqing Mountain recently, so it's a bit quiet here.
"Senior, do you want to apply for a temporary token or a long-term token?" The old monk found that it was a Jindan monk, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked with a smile.
"I'm going to live here for a long time, so I need a cave with richer spiritual energy!" Li Shiming said lightly.
The old monk's eyes lit up, this was a Jindan monk who was planning to stay here for a long time.
"Senior, look, these are all the optional caves!" He activated a formation, and the phantom of Wuqing Mountain appeared next to it, with each cave marked on it.
"You need to be in the Nascent Soul stage to rent the first floor. The cave with richer spiritual power that you want can only be the second floor. Look at this cave. It was originally rented by a cultivator in the late Jindan stage, but he did not return for thirty years, so it was taken back not long ago. This is also the best cave on the second floor that has not been rented out!" The old cultivator gave a very detailed introduction.
"How many spirit stones are needed to rent this cave?" Li Shiming took a look and saw that, just as the old monk said, this cave was closest to the first level on the top of the mountain, so he asked.
When it comes to spirit stones, he hasn't used them in transactions for many years.
The resources in the Northern Shu continent are scarce, and high-level resources are no longer traded with spirit stones. The main reason is that the number of spirit stones far exceeds the total amount of high-level resources, and spirit stones cannot be used as a trading currency for high-level resources.
But it is obvious that the Dongqi Continent is still using spirit stones as the universal currency, but I don’t know whether the third and fourth grade resources are also traded with spirit stones.